vagabond
part of speech
noun (vagabond, vagabonds); also used as an adjective
meaning for a pupil
1) A vagabond is a person with no home or regular work who wanders from place to place; a tramp. tree →
2) (informal, in old tales) A vagabond is a rascal or a scamp, a term of scolding. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a wanderer with no home, who must beg. In the Psalms it is part of a curse on an enemy's family. Interpretation: The tradition notes that wandering and begging are among the worst fates in the Bible, and it teaches people to give charity to the poor. In the primary lessons: in tales a wandering poor man or a naughty boy is called a vagabond, often by someone cross with him
examples
- Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places. (Writings PSA.109.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- "That vagabond, bad luck to him--" tree →
- "Sit still, you vagabond," said Dudden. tree →
- I have been nothing but a truant and a vagabond. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «vagabond» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.